Mickey Mantle was a shy country boy with the wrists and shoulders of a dock walloper when he appeared at a Yankee spring training camp in 1951, Back then he had blazing speed to burn (left). In 1951, Mickey, a grown-up kid from Oklahoma with a record of injury shortened campaigns, starts his 18th season in the majors as he turns out, right, for another spring session. Front caption. NRMT. 8 x 10".